To the Issue of the Socio-Demographic Situation of the Russian Population on the Territory of Western Kazakhstan (late 19th – early 20th centuries)

The formation of the Russian population in the national structure of Western Kazakhstan is directly related to the historical processes that took place in the region, as well as the territory of border Russia.Western Kazakhstan has always been an important area of interethnic relations between representatives of various nationalities, including Russians and Kazakhs.The formation of the Russian ethnic group in the population structure of Western Kazakhstan had deep historical roots and took place within the framework of various components.The three main constituent elements in the structure of the Russian ethnic group in the pre-revolutionary period should include Cossacks, nonresidents and immigrants.This article examines the issues of formation, settlement and other demographic characteristics of the Russian ethnic group in Western Kazakhstan during the period under consideration.This is the period when the process of integration of the Russian ethnic group acquires the most intense and large-scale character.The study also analyses the dynamics of quantitative and qualitative changes in the composition of the Russian population of the region.Special attention is paid to the characterisation of the main trends in the socio-demographic development of the Russian ethnos in the period under consideration.The materials of the article are based on the use of archival materials, statistical sources, scientific research of various periods.In addition, the materials of the general population census of the Russian Empire in 1897, which gives a rich layer of data on the number, distribution, sex and social structure of the Russian ethnos in the pre-revolutionary period, are analysed in the materials of the article.Due to the fact that this work belongs to the category of historical and demographic, statistical methods of analysis, systematisation, criticism and mutual verification of sources were applied in the study.